Glint Hawk Idol
Artifact
Whenever another artifact you control enters, you may have this artifact become a 2/2 Bird artifact creature with flying until end of turn.
: This artifact becomes a 2/2 Bird artifact creature with flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Masters 2015
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #28969
Glint Hawk Idol is a two-mana artifact that becomes a 2/2 flier whenever you play another artifact — free combat pressure stapled to an artifact-count payoff. The condition is trivially easy to meet in any artifact-heavy shell, making it a reliable threat that doubles as an artifact itself.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Glint Hawk Idol fits cleanly into artifact synergy decks where playing multiple artifacts per turn is the norm — it triggers repeatedly and always leaves behind a permanent that counts toward your artifact-matters payoffs. In Pauper, it sees genuine play in artifact aggro shells where a cheap, recurring flying threat is exactly what the format can support. Legacy and Vintage have far more powerful options at the same cost, so Glint Hawk Idol doesn't show up there competitively. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander — niche but functional in the right artifact build.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Glint Hawk Idol is deep bulk — you're picking this out of a commons box, not a singles listing. That price is stable because demand is narrow, but at this cost there's no reason to leave it out of any budget artifact build that can use it.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.